Invertible container



Dec. 4, 1934. wl Wl BISSELL 1,982,814

INVERTIBLE coN'mINER4 Filed March 8, 1934 INVENTOR WITNESS Wyne Wassell,

ATTORN EYS Patented Dec. 4, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT omer;4N

ApplicatiomMaroh 8, 1934, Seriall No. 714,718 7` Claims. (Cl. 215-12) My inventionrelates to containers of the type in which an inner vessel is provided with a decora-V tive covering, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein describe and claimed. l 1

An object of my invention is to provide animprovement over that form of the deviceshown in my prior application No. 684,432,11e`d" Aug. 9,

In said prior application I disclosed a `device comprising an inner receptacle havinga decorative covering made up in segments, the innerjreceptacle and the decorative covering being held rigidly in position. l

A' main feature of the present invention vconsists in the provision of a Vdecorative covering made up of segments which canbe'invertedso as to change the contour and appearanceof the n I 'but it will be l,observed that the flanges 5 and8 container, and in which the decorative covering is held rmly in either position. 1

` A further object is to provide `acontainerhaving a decorative covering of the type described in which the contour or shapeof the container may be varied without necessitating the-fabrication of additional segments, thereby providing an economical means for making containers of different shapes. t

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specication and the novel features Figure 3 is a sectional view showing a modi-` fied form.

Figure 4 isa sectional `view of an inverted form of the covering shownin Fig. 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional View of another modii'led form, and,

Figure 6 is a sectional View showing the covering of 5 inverted.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, I`

have shown therein an inner receptacle, which is provided with a bottom flange or abutment member 2, and which is threaded at itstop, as shown at 3. A lower section or segment 4, of a decorative covering is provided and as will be observed, this segment has an inwardly extending flange 5 which engages the abutment flange 2. The upper section 6 has an articulated joint 'I by means tainer.

of which it is connected to the lower section 4. An inwardly extending flange 8 is provided for the upper section 6.

.A ring-shaped section 9 is threaded internally toj'engage" the threaded portion 3 ofthe con- The outer face of this ring-shaped portion 9 is beveled so as to receive a cover 10 which is held in place frictional1y.

In assembling the device the lower portion is vslipped over the container until the flange 5 rests 'is placed in position, thering 9` is screwed down until it engages the upper portion of the ange 8, and the cover is then put on. Thus itfwill be seen that the decorative covering sections or segments are clamped between the ring 9 and the abutment-flange 2.v 1

" The sections 4 and 6 are of diierent contour project the same distance toward the receptacle. In other words, the opening between the opposite edges of the flange 8'is the same as that of the ange 5.` Asa consequence these sections may be reversed in position as shown in Fig. 2, by unscrewingthe ring 9,`lifting the decorative covering off from the receptacle, inverting it, and then replacing the ring so that the shoulder l1 of the ring now engages the ange 5 to clamp the sections of the decorative covering between the shoulder 11 and the abutment flange 2 of the receptacle.

In Fig. 3, I have shown an inner receptacle 12 which is provided with an abutment plate 13, held by a screw 14 threaded into a boss 15 in the bottom of the receptacle. Alower segment or section 16 has a flange 17 which engages the abutment plate 13, and an upper section 18 having a flange 19 which is engaged by a ring 20 threaded to the container andcapped by a cover 21. In Fig. 4 the decorative covering is shown in` reversed position from that indicated in Fig. 3 and as is the case with the form shown in Fig. 2, it differs in contour `from that form shown in Fig. 3, although made of the same segments.

In Fig. 5 the inner container 21 is provided with an abutment plate 22 which is held by means of a screw 23, the upper end of the screw bearing a nut 24. The lower section 25 of the decorative covering has a flange 26 which engages the abutment 22. An upper section 27 has a flange 28 provided with a recess to receive the portion 29 of the top, and this recess corresponds to one in the lower section which receives a portion 30 of the bottom.

A cover portion 31 is provided having a ange 32 arranged to enter an annular recess in the member 27. The nut 24 has a slot 23 which is arranged to register with a slot 34 when the cover 31 is turned to a position at right angles to that shown in Fig. 5. This construction of the nut and slot means for permitting the dispensing of material within the receptacle was disclosed in my prior patent application No. 691,714, led Sept. 30, 1933, and forms no particular part of the present invention except so far as the parts cooperate with the decorative covering to permit the covering to be inverted so as to form a container of diierent contour from the same parts, such as that shown in Fig. 6. In Fig. 6 it will be observed that the lower section 25 now becomes the upper section and the upper section 27 now the lower. The flange l32 of the cover 31 now rides in the annular slot 35 of the member 25.

It will be observed that in all of thesey forms the inner container has an abutment against which `the lower segment or section of the decorative covering rests, and that the sections have inwardly projecting portions which are symmetrical with the central axis of the container, Iand Jwhich ,cooperate with the other parts to hold, the inner receptacle iirmly and tol form a container in `which the decorative covering is rigidly held in either position. The particular use to which these invertible decorative coverings may be put is in the cosmetic trade. g p l Duplicate containers can be decorated with duplicate coverings `even as to color, and yet by inverting the cover members on vone of the pair a diierence in shape is created to make visual diierentiation of the two preparations a matter of a glance. I

A further great advantage in eachstructure is the fact that one set of molds and tools creates two designs, an important item of manufacturing economy.

I claim: k v o '1. A container comprising an inner receptacle, a decorative covering therefor comprising a pair of sections of different contour, said covering being invertible, and means for rigidly securing covering in either position to the container.

2. A container comprising an inner receptacle having an abutment member, a decorative covering therefor including a pair of sections of different contour, said decorative covering being invertible to engage the abutment in either position, and means for clamping the decorative covering to said container in either position.

3. A container comprising an inner receptacle having an abutment member, a decorative covering therefor including a pair of sections of different contour having interlocking edges, each section being provided on its opposite edge with an inwardly extending annular flange of the same internal diameter, either of said ilanges being adapted to engage said abutment, and means for engaging the other flange and cooperating with the abutment to clamp the sections together.

4. A container comprising an inner receptacle threaded at its upper end and having an abutment member, a decorative covering therefor including a pair of sections of different contour having interlocking edges, each section being provided on its opposite edge with an inwardly extending annular flange of the same internal diameter, either of said flanges being adapted to engage said abutment, a threaded ring arranged to engage the threaded portion of said inner receptacle and adapted to bear on the iianges of one of said sections for clamping said sections together.

5. A container comprising an inner receptacle threaded at its upper end and having an abutment member, a decorative covering therefor including a pairof sections of different contour having interlocking edges, each section being provided on its opposite edge with an inwardly extending annular ilange of the same internal diameter, either of said flanges being adapted to engage said abutment, a threaded ring arranged to engage the threaded portion of said inner receptacle and adapted to bear on the iianges oi one of said sections for clamping said sections together, said ring having a beveled outer surface and a cover frictionally engaging the outer surface of the ring.

6. A container comprising an inner receptacle having an upper threaded portion, an abutment plate secured to the bottom of said receptacle, a decorative covering for said inner container cornprising a pair of sections of different contour having interlocking edges, each section being provided on its opposite edge with an inwardly extending annular flange of the same internai diameter, either of said f flanges being adapted to engage said abutment plate, an internally threaded ring arranged to engage the threads of the inner receptacle and to bear on the iange of one of said sections for clamping the sections together.

7. A container comprising an inner receptacle having an abutment plate disposed underneath said inner receptacle, a centrally disposed screw for holding the abutment plate, a decorative covering for said inner receptacle including a pair of sections of different contour having interlocking edges, each section being provided on its opposite edge with an inwardly extending annular flange of the same internal diameter, either of said flanges being adapted to engage said abutment plate and the container, a cover portion arranged to engage the annular ange of the other section, and a nut for holding the cover plate in sliding relation with the iiange, said nut being threaded on said screw and being provided with a slot, and the cover plate having a slot arranged to register with the slot in the nut when the cover plate is rotated to a predetermined position.

WAYNE W. BISSELL. 

